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Carlovers stories
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Fri, 03 January 2003 11:43
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I was at Carlovers yesterday so I could pressure clean some filthy suspension components. It was a sunny day and so there was a bit of a queue. In front of me was a 'fulsic' Type R Accord with body kit, big mags, wing, tuning house stickers and what looked to be a reasonably shitty metallic crimson paintjob.
Eventually he made his way into the booth and proceeded to start cleaning his car. He hit the duco with the high pressure soap. To my surprise, chunks/layers of his paint ended up on my car's bonnet - the pressure had stripped the paint straight off his car. I restrained my laughter, but I was internally splitting my sides. He drove off with a large portion of his roof in pristine white.
Does anyone have any similarly ridiculous 'Carlovers' stories?
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Re: Carlovers stories
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Fri, 03 January 2003 12:37
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Heh, he probably headed off to the hardware store for some more cans of spray paint to retouch his craptacular job. 
As for stories, I have none of that place. I don't tend to pay people so I can then wash my own car myself. 
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Re: Carlovers stories
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Sat, 04 January 2003 04:12
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Hahaha, that's some of the funniest shit I've ever heard, & I worked there for 2 years! 
I once had to polish some bitches maroon volvo after she took it through the lazeewash a week after having it proffesionally polished. It came out looking like it had sat in the sun for the last 50 years...... I don't really remember it as a particularily funny story though.
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Re: Carlovers stories
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Sun, 05 January 2003 02:27
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it hardly counts as paying.. costs you what... $2?
it's great if you need the use of a high pressure hose, since most people dont have them lying around
and for people with nowhere to wash their cars
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Re: Carlovers stories
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Sun, 05 January 2003 03:51
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Ive heard u dont wanna use high pressure hoses on your vehicle
not good for the paint
water gets in places water shouldnt becasue of the high pressure
etc etc
is there any truth to this ?
TA
Mani
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I supported Toymods
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Re: Carlovers stories
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Sun, 05 January 2003 07:02
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depends how you use them, and whether your paint job is like the one described in this post
if I had a show car, there's no way I'd use a high pressure hose, but a bunch of my friends in melb (soarer and gt-4 owners) use those self-wash "high" pressure hoses (they're not *that* high pressure), and have for years with no problems
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Re: Carlovers stories
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Sun, 05 January 2003 07:07
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That was the good thing about people washing their own cars- you could always blame them for stuffing up their cars.
There's no problem with the HP hose, it just depends how close you wanna hold it to your paint. If you're gonna hold it real close & your paint's shit, it's gonna come off. Hold it back far enough & there's no way it'll do damage & is really effective at rinsing (not washing) your car.
And as has been said, it's bloody good for engine bays & underneaths of cars etc.
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Re: Carlovers stories
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Sun, 05 January 2003 07:43
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I use the high pressure hose to get grease off dismantled mechanicals, much to the annoyance of the attendant.
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Re: Carlovers stories
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Sun, 05 January 2003 08:08
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eheheheh
what do they care, you pay your money, you should be able to take a bath with it if you choose
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I supported Toymods
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Re: Carlovers stories
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Mon, 06 January 2003 08:33
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hehe i mainly only use car lovers to hose the bitch of mid-week. Then I like to wash her myself. I think it comes up better, but then it is probably me just telling myself it looks better cause I just put so much effort into cleaning it 
BUT my favourite part about carlovers, is the exit, pulling out the drive way in the dryy with wet tyres
Sad, but true 
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Re: Carlovers stories
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Mon, 06 January 2003 17:41
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hehhehe
hey are u still on ur first set of tyres in the beast?
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Re: Carlovers stories
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Mon, 06 January 2003 23:56
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hehehe yer
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Re: Carlovers stories
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Wed, 08 January 2003 03:41
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i wash my car at carlovers every weekend because im a lazy mother f**ker and my paint is smicko. its a 97 white rolla.
the high pressure hose is great because you point it in panel gaps (up real close) and it keeps them nice and clean, and also for cleaning my engine bay.
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Re: Carlovers stories
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Wed, 08 January 2003 11:45
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I'll be taking the celica there to do the engine bay.. do you need degreasers or just the hose?
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Re: Carlovers stories
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Wed, 08 January 2003 11:53
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Every so often I do the Mk2 engine bay there. My paint is, well, average. I spray Preen over everything and get freaky with the high pressure soap. Comes out sparkling.
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Re: Carlovers stories
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Sun, 12 January 2003 15:20
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What electronics should be covered up when using the high pressure hose under the hood??
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Re: Carlovers stories
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Sun, 12 January 2003 22:08
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electrics shouldn't really matter too much. Your factory fusebox covers etc. should be enough.
Be careful if you have a pod style airfilter though.... Chuck a plastic bag around it so it doesn't get wet.
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Re: Carlovers stories
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Tue, 14 January 2003 10:26
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just dont spray directly at the dizzy.
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Re: Carlovers stories
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Tue, 21 January 2003 07:43
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haha thats funi i m so bored reading all these stories.
i never knew type -r accords came here ?
must of been an import hum.
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Re: Carlovers stories
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Thu, 23 January 2003 10:14
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What kind of paint would just strip off the car with the power of a high pressure hose???
Me and a mate in his 180SX were at Dee Why Carlovers last weekend where he decided to park his car in the wash booth ready to wash it and closed the door... Then where are his keys??? In the ignition... And where is his tool for breaking into cars??? In the boot... What a genius... Oh well... We waited for an hour for the NRMA to turn up and then he got us back into the car and then the fun began... Sideways in the wash booth sitting on the brakes... Then nearly scraping the tiles off the wall with the ass end of the car...
Brett, there are strict instructions to follow when washing a 4A-GE... Here goes...
The first thing to do should be the protection of electrical items in the bay. Distributors, spark plugs, open relays & electrical connectors hate getting wet.
We'll start with the spark plugs. On a 4AGE (4AGZE & 4AGTE) remove the centre spark plug cover. Pop out the spark plug leads. This should take 6 small (10mm) bolts and some careful persuasion to get out from behind the belt cover on the left. Very carefully stuff the valley between the cams with rags around the spark plugs, but leave the spark plugs in. Do not remove the spark plugs, as it's better to have wet sparklers than a watery grave for the pistons. Stuff a shopping bag on top of the rags to seal them from the water and tape down if necessary. Replace the cover temporarily (just put a couple of bolts back in by hand) & tape up around the edges. Replace the spark plug leads and tape up around them. If you don't do this step you'll end up with a TwinCam Sea & it's a long, hard process of mopping up. If you'd prefer to remove the spark plug leads make sure you tape up the connectors on the dizzy & the spark plugs well. On 4AFC (& maybe the 4AFE) motors there is no cover, just a lip around the spark plug leads. These lips work well, but tape them to the cam covers just in case.
Next is the Dizzy. These things really hate water so out with another shopping bag or 2 and mummify the distributor and it's leads and tape up to seal any openings. You should leave the base of the distributor (where it attached to the motor) exposed as this will no doubt be oily & dirty, but seal & tape the bag tight before the cap. Also mummify the coil, these guys don't mind water so much but it's better to be safe.
The relay & fuse box should be covered with a shopping bag & taped up. Again this area can get a little wet, but it's not advisable. Also tape up the top of the brake & clutch master cylinders reservoirs.
Anyone with an open pod filter like mine will have to (yes you guessed it) wrap it in plastic bag and tape it up.
This should be it for the protective side but check that there aren't any openings into air intakes or other exposed filters (like oil breathers) & tape them up.
Step 3) The fun part:
Make sure the engine is off & cold. Apply the degreaser liberally to all of the bay unless otherwise stared by the manufacturer. The 5 Star degreaser is based on kero (I think) & says it's not recommended on polished aluminum so just use car wash on any aluminum surfaces including the cam covers. Let it sit for 5 minutes. Pay special attention to the greasy, oily & really dirty areas, these may have to have a second, third or 10th go. If you have a build up of grease (ie around the CV joints), scarp it off with a blunt stick but be careful not to damage anything. Raising the front of your car will be help to get under the engine, but please use car stands cross members & bumpers will make a real mess of your face if they fall on you.
Step 4) The wet part:
Finally we get to play. Use a garden hose with plenty of pressure or a high pressure cleaner on it's lowest setting. With pressure cleaners you can do a lot of damage so beware. They can cut hoses, wires & damage fragile parts so use the minimum of pressure & stand back. You will get wet doing this so wear clothes that you don't mind getting grease, oil & dirt on. Ok, go nuts, drown the thing, within reason. Don't put any pressure on the taped areas or they'll blow off.
Step 5) Blow dry:
If you have access to an air compressor, lucky you. Just remember that air pressure can damage just like water pressure. Use a regulator on the line & turn it down low or stand back & gingerly coax water from out of those hard to get places. The rest of us will have to use rags & some elbow grease. Stuff dry rags into the pockets of water & wipe over all accessible surfaces. Careful not to damage or unplug anything. Drying will take ages so after you've removed the surface water leave the hood up & in a sunny position.
Step 6) Remove all evidence:
Remove the shopping bags slowly from the dizzy, coil & fuse box, trying not to get any standing water on the item in question. Take a rag & wipe over these items with something like Windex spayed onto the rag NOT the item. Don't use water, Doh!! Finally remove the spark plug cover, take the bag out (watch for standing water & try to keep it in the bag) & then the rags. If you did manage to get water down near the sparklers just mop it up with dry rags. Replace the cover & spark plugs (don't do the bolts up too tight).
There you go...
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Adelaide
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January 2003
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Re: Carlovers stories
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Wed, 29 January 2003 15:13
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Water in the spark plug valley is the only problem ive had with the gze. Just blow the water out and spray some wd40 in there and sweet the bitch should go!
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Barossa valley SA
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Re: Carlovers stories
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Fri, 14 February 2003 01:37
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Just be careful with high pressure cleaners around seals. I was washing my dirtbike with my dads Karcher and managed to blow through the gearshift bearing seal, Whoops 
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